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I am making a P-40 Flying Tigers Instrument Panel and i am needing measurements to make the panel and have some gauges for it and been trying forever to find this info and seems no one can help, if anyone has any info please respond thanks also will take info on any P-40 panel

Contact Hang the Expense on this site.... warning it will not be free or cheap. But it will be top quality.

Hi,

You might have already considered this, but this is what I would do. The original drawings are available from NASM, but would be expensive for the few drawings that you would need. The panel would have been 1/8" thick aluminum, painted satin finish black. The two instrument sizes are 2 1/4" and 3 1/8" diameter. If you had a good photo of the panel that you want to reproduce, you could scale the panel size because you already know the instrument size. You will find that you can be very accurate using this method. Aircraft Spruce, www.aircraftspruce.com will have drill guides and panel hole cutters for instuments panels as well.

I hope this helps and good luck with your project.

Bill

Thanks for the info and will for sure check out that site

Just for fun, here's a P-40 panel that was being restored down in New Zealand at AvSpecs. Good luck with your project!

anyway i can get measurements from that? Thats what im wanting to make

Try contacting these nice folks at Ardmore Airfield, just south of Auckland. New Zealand. I visited them last year as they were finishing up this award winning P-40 restoration. They have done many P-40s and might be able to help. Maybe they can make you a template of a panel?

http://www.pioneeraero.co.nz/

Thanks for the info and i am just waiting for a responce been a few weeks

If you ask for any information for the P-51 or the B-17 everybody will answer, but for the P-40, the underdog of all fighters, it's going to be difficult. Anyway, PM or post a reply here if you still need any info for the panel, ok!

I do need the measurements still and those pics are good and maybe i can blow them up and some how and make them scale or somthing?

PM me with an email address and I'll send you what you want. If I post the panel blueprint here it's going to be very small.